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necessary. On tlie inner side -^hari) 

 sci'ews an; ijrotruding through; whieh I 

 call "spill's." Two straps, one on 

 either side, are all that is reqnircd to 

 hold them in place no matter liow 

 rough the bark may be. After setting- 

 it, the camera is drawn up and fasten- 

 ed in the same manner as it is on other 

 .st^ies of tripods and can be turned 

 about in all dinn'tioiis wilh case. \\'illi 

 the aid of a screw-driver it can i.»e 

 easily atii.xed to the corner of any wood 

 building for the purpose of obtaining 

 ])ictnres of nests under the caves or 

 elsewhere; or can be affixed to a win- 



dow casing on the outside in the same 

 manner. 



For ground work and nests placed in 

 liushes not over one foot from the 

 ground it does very well, but for nests 

 over one foot and not placed in trees it 

 cannot be used, therefoie I find it 

 necessary to carry two tripods, and 

 consider myself well ofY to get along 

 with so little. A ladder or strong rope 

 sometimes becomes a necessity, where 

 there are no suitable limbs from which 

 to get focus. Such feats as setting a 

 camera and getting the focus while 

 elinging to a rope would not be advis- 



NEST AND EGGS OF LAKK Bl NTINCJ AVITH EGGS OF THE COM'BIKD. 



able unless it was to secure a ]>ictnre of 

 the nest of .some rare species, in that 

 case jou would be amplj' rewarded, Ijut 

 in ca.se of a common species it v/ould 

 be much better to seek a nest in a more 

 accessible place. 



Pictures will reinind us of l)3'-gonc 

 days when we rambled though the 

 woods to sbudy the great book of na- 

 ture, amid dancing sunljcanis flitting 

 through leaf}' branches; amid l)eautiful 

 tlowei-s exhaling sweet fragrance liliing 

 the ambient air \vith perfume; amid 



festoons of grape and woodbine hang- 

 ing in Avreatl)s and garlands; through 

 fertile valleys with winding brooks and 

 rivulets, some slow and deep, others 

 rapid, murmuring a little trill as they 

 ripple o'er obstructing pebbles or di- 

 verging from boulders, only to join 

 again and ripple on toward the ocean. 

 They will remind us of placid lakes, 

 v.here the wild fowl love to dwell; of 

 almost imi)enctrablc swamps whei-e 

 man seldom intrudes, and of grassy 

 lakes abounding in )>irds in almost end- 

 less varietv. 



